Manger.



Patented Nov. 4, |902.

A. c. FAusT & P. KEAnNs.

M A N G E R.

(Application led- Feb. 12, 1901.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT @strom ALBERT C. FAUSKT AND PATRICK KEARNS, 0E BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

MANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '712.919, dated November 4, 1902.`

Application iledrE'ebrnary 12, 1901` Serial No. 47,002. (No model.) l

T0 LZZ whom, it may concern i Be it known that we', ALBERT C. FAUST and PATRICK KEARNS, citizens of the United States, and residents of Burlington, New .I ersey, have invented certain Improvements in Mangers, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of our invention is to make a manger that can be readily detached, so it can be cleansed; and a further object of the invention is to make it cheap and yet strong. These objects we attain in the manner hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View showing a portion of a stall with the manger in position. Fig. 2 is a view showing the manger detached from its bearings. vEig. 3 is a sectional view through the manger. Fig. 4 is a view of a detail of the invention, and Fig. 5 is an illustration of a modified form of the supports for the manger.

Corner mangers such as shown in the drawings have usually been made of cast metal, and these mangers are heavyand expensive and have always been secured rigidly in position.

By making the manger-in the manner which we will now proceed to describe we can make it very light. It can he taken away from the stall and cleansed and readily put back inV position and when in position cannot be displaced by the stock.

A A are the two side Walls of the manger, and extending from one sidewall to the other is a curved support B, made of heavy wire in the present instance and having ears b b, which are secured to the stall by screws or other fastenings.

a is a block set at the corner of the stall to support the inner end of the manger.

'The manger D is made in the present in-y stance of a cast-metal top frame d and a sheet- The top frame d is shaped as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, having two rightangled portions arranged to iit against the walls of the stall and a curved portion, as Shown. This curved portion has a round rim d2, which tits over thecurved support B, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be noticed that the flange of the rim, in addition to being curved or flanged outwardly, as shown at d2, has an manger.

i-t is cleansed, it can be placed in position .l

again and the latches turned down, as shown in Fig. 1, which will lock the manger to its place.

In some instances in place of the continuous bar B brackets or angle-pieces ofthe shape shown at Fig. 5 may be employed Without departing from our invention, inasmuch as they are a practical equivalent of the said bar. In-

deed it will be noted that these brackets are the result of simply omitting the central horizontal portion ot' the bar B, the overhanging lips cl2 of the manger thus being in contact with the supporting means only at its ends, the construction of the manger being such thatit does not require support alongits whole 'upper edge.

IVe claim as our invention-n 1. The combination of a manger shaped to Aconform to the corner of a stall, the outer edgeY of said manger being curved to form a groove, a curved piece having downwardlyprojecting ends and having means whereby it is secured to the side walls ofthe stall engaging said ends, said piece being formed to enter the groove formed in the outer edge of the manger, with a projection in the corner ot the stall placed to engage the bottom of the manger, substantially as described.

2.' The combination of a manger shaped to conform to the corner of a stall, the outer edgeof said manger being curved to form a groove, a curved piece having downwardlyprojecting ends and having means whereby it is secured to the side walls of the stall engaging said ends, said piece being formed to enter the groove formed in the outer edge of the manger, with a projection in the corner of the stall placed to engage the bottom of the manger, and latches pivoted to the sides of IOO the stall above the sides of the manger and extending when in their operative position, into contact with said sides,wherebysaid mangeris retained in position, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a manger shaped to conform to the corner of a stall, the outer edge of said manger being curved to form a groove, a curved piece having downwardlyprojecting ends and havingr means whereby it is secured to the side walls of the stall engaging said ends, said piece being formed to enter the groove formed in the outer edge of the manger, with a projection in the corner of the stall placed to engage the bottom of the manger, and latches having curved bearing- ALBERT C. FAUST. PATRICK KEARNS.

Witnesses:

HOWARD FLANDERS, EDW. BURROWS. 

